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(1) A person commits theft when, with intent to deprive another of property or to appropriate property to the person or to a third person, the person:

(a) Takes, appropriates, obtains or withholds such property from an owner thereof; or

(b) Commits theft of property lost, mislaid or delivered by mistake as provided in subsection (2); or

(c) Commits theft by receiving as provided in subsection (3).

(2) A person who comes into control of property of another that the person knows or has good reason to know has been lost, mislaid or delivered under a mistake as to the nature or amount of the property or the identity of the recipient, commits theft if, with intent to deprive the owner thereof, the person fails to take reasonable measures to restore the property to the owner.

(3) A person commits theft by receiving if the person receives, retains, conceals, or disposes of property of another, knowing or having good reason to know that the property was the subject of theft. Receiving means acquiring possession, control or title, or lending on the security of the property.

[Added Sec. 2, Ord. No. 5993, Oct. 15, 1987.]